Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zabava

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Deverbal from *zabaviti, from *za- +‎ *baviti.

Noun

*zabava f

1. amusement, diversion, distraction, pastime, merry-making, fun

Declension

Declension of *zabava (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zabava	*zabavě	*zabavy
genitive	*zabavy	*zabavu	*zabavъ
dative	*zabavě	*zabavama	*zabavamъ
accusative	*zabavǫ	*zabavě	*zabavy
instrumental	*zabavojǫ, *zabavǫ**	*zabavama	*zabavami
locative	*zabavě	*zabavu	*zabavasъ, *zabavaxъ*
vocative	*zabavo	*zabavě	*zabavy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *zabavьnъ
• *zabaviti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: заба́ва (zabáva)
    • Old Ruthenian: заба́ва (zabáva)
      • Belarusian: заба́ва (zabáva)
      • Russian: заба́ва (zabáva)
    • Ukrainian: заба́ва (zabáva)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: заба́ва (zabáva)
  • Macedonian: забава (zabava)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̑бава

    Latin script: zȃbava

  • Slovene: zabava
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zábava
    • Czech: zábava
  • Old Polish: zabawa
    • Polish: zabawa
    • Silesian: zabawa
  • Slovak: zábava
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: zabawa
    • Slovincian: zobawa
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zabawa

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: zăbavă, zăbovi

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “заба́ва”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika